The powerful presence of the past : integration and conflict along the upper Guinea Coast / edited by Jacqueline Knörr and Wilson Trajano Filho.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knörr, Jacqueline, 1960-

Trajano Filho, Wilson.

Series:

African social studies series ; v. 24.

African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social integration--Africa, West.

Social integration.

Social conflict--Africa, West.

Social conflict.

Intergroup relations--Africa, West.

Intergroup relations.

Africa, West--History.

Africa, West.

Guinea, Gulf of, Region--History.

Guinea, Gulf of, Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book conceptualizes integration and conflict as interrelated dimensions of social interaction, social relationships and alliances, identifications and identity constructions within society at large. In order to reach an in-depth understanding of integrative and violent forms of interaction in the region of the Upper Guinea Coast, authors take into account the impact and repercussions of specific historical experiences as well as the continuities and changes of social patterns affected by the interaction of local and globalized values, institutions, and models of social organization. Rather than providing an(other) analysis of wars and violence as such, contributors aim at a better understanding of the social mechanisms that affect both the processes of integration and conflict at the local, national and regional levels.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / J. Knörr and W. Trajano Filho

Introduction / Jacqueline Knörr and Wilson Trajano Filho

Patrimonial Logic Of Centrifugal Forces In The Political History Of The Upper Guinea Coast / William P. Murphy

Insurrection As Socioeconomic Change: Three Rebellions In Guinea/Sierra Leone In The Eighteenth Century / Bruce Mouser

Kouankan And The Guinea-Liberian Border / James Fairhead

A Saucy Town? Regional Histories Of Conflict, Collusion, And Commerce In The Making Of A Southeastern Liberian Polity / Elizabeth Tonkin

‘Traditional’ Jola Peacemaking: From The Perspective Of An Historian And An Anthropologist / Peter Mark and Jordi Tomàs

The Creole Idea Of Nation And Its Predicaments: The Case Of Guinea-Bissau / Wilson Trajano Filho

The Mutual Assimilation Of Elites: The Development Of Secret Societies In Twentieth Century Liberian Politics / Stephen Ellis

Out Of Hiding? Strategies Of Empowering The Past In The Reconstruction Of Krio Identity / Jacqueline Knörr

Map And Territory: The Politics Of Place And Autochthony Among Baga Sitem (And Their Neighbours) / Ramon Sarró

The Invention Of Bulongic Identity (Guinea-Conakry) / David Berliner

Victims And Heroes: Manding Historical Imagination In A Conflict-Ridden Border Region (Liberia-Guinea) / Christian K. Højbjerg

Are ‘Child Soldiers’ In Sierra Leone A New Phenomenon? / Susan Shepler

Generating Rebels And Soldiers: On The Socio-Economic Crisis Of Rural Youth In Sierra Leone Before The War / Krijn Peters

Index / J. Knörr and W. Trajano Filho.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12116-6

9786613121165

90-04-19140-2

OCLC:

727949950

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004190009.i-375 DOI